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A food pantry that provides groceries and other essential items to individuals and families in need. +
Portland Adventist Community Services provides food boxes once every 30 days. Picture ID and proof of address is needed. Walk-ins welcome Monday through Friday from 9–11 a.m. +
A non-profit that provides free and low-cost veterinary services and pet supplies to the pets of people experiencing homelessness or extreme poverty in the Portland area. +
The PAW Team provides veterinary care to the pets of people with income at or below the federal poverty line, or with no income at all. Additionally, all pets they serve must be spayed or neutered; PAW will spay and neuter pets for free. Services provided are vaccinations, flea and worm medications, prescriptions, food, pet licensing fees, microchipping, medical grooming, and major surgeries. Weekday clinic appointments are available by calling, and there are drop-in weekend clinics several times per year. PAW asks for a $5 co-pay but will not turn anyone away for inability to pay.
There are two ways to qualify or re-qualify as a PAW Team client:
#Clients must bring a photo ID and proof of any income, including public assistance such as Social Security or TANF. If a client has no income, but a recent bank statement, bring that. If no income and no bank statement, bring only a photo ID. The PAW team will ask the client additional questions about their financial situation.
#Referral system for social service organizations. If you have questions or are seeking assistance on a client’s behalf, please email them directly at ''info@pawteam.org'' . In your email, be sure to include the organization you are working for, your client’s name, and information about the service(s) your client is seeking.
''Tuesday through Thursday 10 a.m.–3 p.m. - Open for qualification interviews & pet supplies'' ''p.m.''
Veterinary visits are offered by appointment only. To schedule call
:Email address: ''info@pawteam.org'' +
Free or Reduced Fee Cultural Events - Art and Cultural Programs +
A resource center that provides legal information and referrals to students and the public. +
'''Cascade Campus''' ''Terrell Hall, Room 203'' ''705 N. Killingsworth St.'' ''Portland, Oregon 97217''
#''clear-clinic@pcc.edu'' ''https://www.pcc.edu/legal-resource-center/''
The PCC Legal Resource Center is a free legal clinic at PCC Cascade in North Portland, providing free legal services to Oregonians.
Weekly clinic events:
* Expungement clinic at PCC Cascade: Fridays 12:00 to 4:00 pm
* DACA renewals and immigration legal screenings at PCC Cascade: Fridays, 12:00 to 4:00 pm
* Weekly clinics at recovery centers: Monday and Wednesday afternoons
The following free legal services are available for people in the Portland metro area:
'''Criminal Record Expungements'''
'''Eviction Expungements''' , a new legal service available in Oregon since 2020, to help people realize their right to housing by preventing landlords from improperly considering past evictions in residential-tenancy decisions. The PCC Legal Resource Center also provides limited legal advice to assist people navigating the housing court process pro se, and information and training for tenants to self-advocate.
'''DACA Renewals and Immigration Legal Screenings'''
They can help file a DACA renewal.
'''Legal Name and Gender-Marker Changes''' They can help file a petition for name or gender marker legal changes in Oregon courts.
'''Limited Scope Deportation Defense Services through Equity Corps of Oregon''' To access these limited scope legal services, call their partner, Pueblo Unido at 503-360- 0324.
'''Eviction Legal Defense''' as part of the Eviction Defense Project and Oregon Law Center. ''Call ('' ''888) 585-9638'' .
'''Tenant Rights Letter Writing Clinic''' The PCC Legal Resource Center can help tenants draft request letters to landlords for issues such as disability reasonable accommodations, reasonable modifications, security deposit returns, fees and fines adjustments, and repair requests. Join their drop-in letter writing clinic the last Friday of the month or fill out their intake form online.
'''''' '''Education/Training'''
''Contact: Todd Barnett,'' ''todd.barnett@pcc.edu''
#''https://www.pcc.edu/programs/welding/pathway-maritime-welding/''
Portland Community College’s intensive Maritime Welding Pathway on the Vigor shipyard prepares students for employment in the booming welding industry. In three terms, pathway completers learn shielded metal, fluxed-core, submerged arc-welding processes, and earn six industry-recognized certifications. Students also receive career preparation services and exposure to industry employers. Participants on federal supervision may be eligible for the program on a reduced or no cost basis.
To learn more information about the Maritime Welding Pathway, go to pcc.edu/programs/welding/ and attend an information session held at the Swan Island Trades Center located at 6400 N. Cutter Circle, Portland, Oregon 97217. +
Business Assistance and Support Services - Employment And Education +
PGE’s Income-Qualified Bill Discount program provides ongoing, monthly help with your PGE bill that’s in addition to any other assistance you may be getting from them or other agencies. Depending on your annual household income and household size, your monthly discount could be between 15 and 60%. They won’t require any financial documents from you to apply. They only need to know your household size and average gross annual household income. To apply visit ''https://portlandgeneral.com/income-qualified-bill-discount-form'' . +
A non-profit organization that provides services to families with children experiencing homelessness +
Portland Homeless Family Solutions (PHFS) empowers homeless families with children to get back into housing and stay there long-term. Last year PHFS helped 185 homeless families with children move back into homes. Once housed, PHFS provides case management and rent assistance for at least a year to help families stabilize, learn new skills, and connect to their community. PHFS operates a 24-hour emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness.
'''Goose Hollow Family Shelter''' 971-409-1766 Located at the ''First United Methodist'' ''Church of Portland'' . Families have private sleeping spaces, meals and snacks, showers, laundry, storage, games and toys, computers with internet and printers.
'''Thirteen Salmon Family Center''' 503-595-9390 Day shelter for the families staying at Goose Hollow Family Shelter located at the ''First Unitarian Universalist Church of'' ''Portland'' . Meals and snacks, showers, books and games for kids, computers with Internet and printers, connection to mental health services and domestic violence advocacy, and other services.
'''Family Winter Shelter''' Emergency winter family shelter for 75 moms, dads, and kids from December 2017 - April 2018 at Congregation Beth Israel.
PHFS programs include:
'''PHFS' Prevention & Diversion Project''' Targets families who have just become homeless or who are facing imminent homelessness. Any family with children under 18 is eligible. Families must have an income and be able to sustain ongoing rent but can't afford a new security deposit and a first/last month rent payment. Receive case management and life skills classes.
'''Life Lab Skills Training''' PHFS provides classes and training programs to help families learn new skills to get and keep permanent housing. These include:
* '''Rent Well Tenant Education Classes''' - a 16-hour curriculum focused on knowledge needed to rent and maintain an apartment and exit when the lease is up;
* '''Arise Life Skills Program''' - a 17-course general life skills training program with classes on Budgeting & Money Matters, Interpersonal Communication, Stress Management, Health & Hygiene, Goal-Setting, Self Esteem, Nutrition & Exercise, Safe Driving;
* '''Incredible Years Parenting Classes''' - a 15-class series (28 hours) that teaches parents to prevent and treat young children’s behavior problems and promote their social, emotional, and academic competence.
An office of Immigration Counseling Services (ICS) that provides legal services to the immigrant community. +
The main administrative office for an organization, which may provide energy assistance services directly or serve as a referral point. +
A non-profit organization that provides education, career training, and wrap-around services to at-risk youth and adults. +
They have many opportunities that satisfy most community service requirements. A brief telephone screening is required to ensure proper placement and reporting.
Call or email Steve Pixley listing the days and times to contact you. Write “Court- Ordered Community Service” in the subject line. +
Portland Parks and Recreation - Community Service Opportunities +
The Portland People Outreach Project (PPOP) is an all-volunteer peer-run organization in Portland that provides harm reduction supplies to people who use drugs. They distribute clean syringes, pipes, overdose-reversing naloxone (Narcan), and a variety of other harm reduction, wound care, and safer sex supplies. Unlike many needle exchanges, PPOP is need-based, not 1-for-1, meaning their users do not have to dispose of used syringes in order to receive new ones.
PPOP distributes supplies by means of a bicycle outreach on Friday evenings, at a fixed site in St. Johns on Saturday afternoons, and at several locations by car on Sundays. See their online schedule for more details: ''https://www.portlandpeoplesoutreach.org/#/'' +
A specialized unit that assists individuals in behavioral crisis and connects them with appropriate mental health services. +
The mission of the '''Behavioral Health Unit (BHU)''' is to coordinate the response of Law Enforcement and the Behavioral Health System to aid people in behavioral crisis resulting from known or suspected mental illness and or drug and alcohol addiction. The BHU is located within the Portland Police Bureau’s Central Precinct.
The '''Behavioral Health Response Teams (BHRT)''' pairs a patrol officer and a licensed mental health professional from Cascadia Project Respond. The Portland Police Bureau has three BHRT cars. The officers and mental health professionals work proactively with individuals who have a mental illness and are identified as having multiple or high risk contacts with police. The BHRT cars work to connect individuals to appropriate community resources in order to reduce their frequency of contact with police. Referrals to the BHRT cars are made through patrol officers.
The '''Service Coordination Team (SCT)''' is a program that offers treatment to the City of Portland’s most frequent drug and property crime offenders to address their drug and alcohol addictions, mental health treatment, and criminality. This program has successfully graduated over one hundred former drug offenders from its treatment program, reducing recidivism among program graduates by 91%. +